Okayama Prefectural Research Articles

A third step of visual art instruction in medical education : Introduction of visual thinking strategies supported by Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art

A third step of visual art instruction in medical education : Introduction of visual thinking strategies supported by Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art

Introduction to Editor in Chief

Dr. Jianbo Xiao is current a full professor of University of Vigo (Spain). He received PhD degree in nutrition from Okayama Prefectural University (Japan) in 2009. He worked as a Postdoc supported by AvH foundation at University of Würzbug, Germany (April 2013-May 2015) and then worked as an assistant professor in University of Macau (October 2015-December 2020). Dr. Xiao has been selected as Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers (2016, 2017, 2019, 2020 and 2021). His research is focusing on natural polyphenols. He has accepted and published more than 300 peer reviewed papers including Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, Seminars in Cancer Biology, Biotechnology Advances, Trends in Food Science & Technology, Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, Pharmacological Research, Journal of Advanced Research, Food Chemistry, and so on (Citation: 17100, H-index 67).
 He also works as the chairman to organize ISPMF2015, 2-ISPMF (2017), 3-ISPMF (2018), 4-ISPMF (2020) and 4-ISPMF (2021). Dr. Xiao is the editor-in-chief of Food Frontiers (Wiley) and World Journal of Diabetes (IF 4.56), the Associate Editor of Journal of Advanced Research (IF 12.822), Frontiers in Pharmacology (IF 5.988), Journal of Berry Research (IF 2.156), and Phytomedicine Plus (Elsevier), the academic editor of Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity (IF 7.31), the section editor of Current Neuropharmacology (IF 7.708), and the editorial board member of Trends in Food Science & Technology (IF 16.002), Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition (IF 11.208), Food Science and Human Wellness (IF 8.022), Phytomedicine (IF 6.656), Industrial Crops and Products (IF 6.449), Current Research in Food Science (IF 6.269), International Journal of Molecular Sciences (IF 6.208), Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry (IF 6.117), Molecules (IF 12.882), Foods (IF 5.561), Current Drug Metabolism (IF 3.408), Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry (IF 2.505), Food Chemistry: Molecular Sciences, and so on.

COVID-19 Response and Preparedness in the Okayama Prefecture

In this article, the authors explain how Division of Health and Welfare, the Okayama Prefectural Government, addressed the COVID-19 pandemic by focusing on the public health administration, policies enforcement, and government measures to ease the burden of people and industry, especially the hospital industry.

Real World Modelling Beyond the Paradigm of Industries4.0 and Society 5.0

Design Engineering Systems Division has played a central role in planning and implementing a Japanese-German symposium series on IoT design, systems and applications, which were held in Germany, Japan and online, and offered a forum for lively discussion between Japanese and German researchers. Various topics were discussed in those symposiums, especially, interesting opinions were exchanged on the topic of what lies beyond Industry 4.0 and Society 5.0. This paper overviews the history of this symposium series and proposes an idea of real-world modeling beyond Industry 4.0 and Society 5.0. Using a case study which were jointly held by Okayama Prefectural University and Hannover University of Applied Sciences and Arts, this paper describes an application example of this real-world modeling based on the proposed idea.

Feasibility study of virtual student workshop

The joint committee of Okayama Prefectural University (OPU) and Hannover University of Applied Sciences and Arts supports (HsH) has organized an international symposium and student workshop in February 2022. This paper focus on the student workshop and how this event was conducted under the virtual environment. It was confirmed that the workshop provided a meaningful opportunity for the participants to develop an international sense, honed their global mindset in English and strengthened their cooperation with each other.

Teaching Japanese Elementary School Students Programming and Computational Thinking in a CLIL Environment

In Japan there is an effort to add programming and English language to the curriculum at an earlier age so children develop an easy familiarity with both. Most programming languages use scripts based on English which presents an additional problem in teaching programming in countries where English is not the first language. Associate Professor Yuka Kazahaya, based at Okayama Prefectural University, is developing and promoting different methods of teaching both programming and English language in Japan.

Teaching Japanese Elementary School Students Programming and Computational Thinking in a CLIL Environment

In Japan there is an effort to add programming and English language to the curriculum at an earlier age so children develop an easy familiarity with both. Most programming languages use scripts based on English which presents an additional problem in teaching programming in countries where English is not the first language. Associate Professor Yuka Kazahaya, based at Okayama Prefectural University, is developing and promoting different methods of teaching both programming and English language in Japan.

Relationship among independence of daily living, human relationships, and preparation for bereavement among healthy elderly Japanese people.

Given Japan's rapidly ageing society, an increasing number of elderly people live in their communities with mutual support after the death of their spouse. The purpose of this study is to clarify the relationship among independence of daily living, human relationships, and preparation for bereavement. An anonymous, self-administered questionnaire was given to 864 community-dwelling elderly people aged 65 and older who attended an Elderly Citizens' Welfare Study Group. A total of 404 responses (effective response ratio: 46.8%) were analyzed. Their mean ± SD age was 75.6 ± 5.1 years. The purpose of the questionnaire was to obtain demographic information as well as information about three scales: independence of daily living, human relationships, and preparation for bereavement. The factor structure of the scales was studied by using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Structural equation modelling was used to investigate the relationship among independence of daily living, human relationships, and preparation for bereavement. This study's protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee of Okayama Prefectural University. Factor analysis indicated a three-factor second-order factor model for independence of daily living and human relationships and a one-factor model for preparation for bereavement. Structural equation modelling showed that independence of daily living was significantly correlated with human relationships (r = 0.261, P < 0.001), and human relationships was significantly correlated with preparation for bereavement (r = 0.295, P < 0.001). There was no significant direct correlation between the independence of daily living and preparation for bereavement. Encouraging elderly people to form good human relationships may help their preparation for bereavement. Further studies are required to determine whether this actually attenuates difficulties after bereavement.

中学校美術科鑑賞学習の効果測定 : 岡山県立美術館国吉康雄教材開発研究会『美術鑑賞ガイド』による対話型鑑賞をめぐって

中学校美術科鑑賞学習の効果測定 : 岡山県立美術館国吉康雄教材開発研究会『美術鑑賞ガイド』による対話型鑑賞をめぐって

Practice of the interface design education in Okayama Prefectural University

Practice of the interface design education in Okayama Prefectural University

Applying Digital Fabrication System to Designing in Okayama Prefectural University Student-managed Fabrication Workshop

Applying Digital Fabrication System to Designing in Okayama Prefectural University Student-managed Fabrication Workshop

The Strategies and the Outcomes of the Board for the Cooperation with Schools, Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art

The Strategies and the Outcomes of the Board for the Cooperation with Schools, Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art

岡山県農林水産総合センター水産研究所

岡山県農林水産総合センター水産研究所

121 &quot;Disaster Cough&quot; caused by the mine dust after tsunami attack : Field research in Ishinomaki by Okayama Prefectural Medical Association

121 &quot;Disaster Cough&quot; caused by the mine dust after tsunami attack : Field research in Ishinomaki by Okayama Prefectural Medical Association

平成23年度岡山県文化賞（学術部門，医学分野）を受賞して

平成23年度岡山県文化賞（学術部門，医学分野）を受賞して

Okayama Prefectural Culture Prize (Academic Category)

Okayama Prefectural Culture Prize (Academic Category)

Abstracts of Nippon Dojo-Hiryogaku Zasshi

Abstracts of Nippon Dojo-Hiryogaku Zasshi

東備地区広域漁場整備事業における順応的管理手法を導入したアマモ場再生の実践

In latter half of 1900's, Eelgrass (Zostera marinaL.) beds were ever distributed over the approximately 590 ha of near-shore waters in Hinase-cho Bizen-city Okayama. However, one of the results of increased pressure such as recent landfill and water pollution has been the destruction of most of the coastal eelgrass habitat. Therefore, eelgrass bed restoration has been ongoing since latter half of 1980's, and Marino forum 21 Public Corporation and the agencies of the Okayama Prefectural Government have developed restoration technology for eelgrass beds from 1998. The project, which involved restoring eelgrass beds and creating habitats for each life stages of fishery products, had been planned by using technologies based on these results and the field studies in this development. First, in this study, based on the research in these sites, restoration policy considered with growth distribution of the natural eelgrass beds was set up. Second, some limit factors in eelgrass beds were detected quantitatively and this information was used to plan a design, a project execution and adaptive management.

The winner of the 2006 Academic Award of the Okayama Prefectural Medical Association

The winner of the 2006 Academic Award of the Okayama Prefectural Medical Association

The winner of the 2006 Academic Award of the Okayama Prefectural Medical Association

The winner of the 2006 Academic Award of the Okayama Prefectural Medical Association